Article: ATTORNEY GENERAL BROWN EXPOSES COVERT FEDERAL PREEMPTION IN NEW GAS MILEAGE STANDARD

The California Attorney General issued the following news release:

California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. today attacked the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's new fuel economy rules, calling them "a covert assault" on California's landmark tailpipe greenhouse gas regulations.

"This fuel economy plan, while attractive on the surface, is a shameful and unlawful assault on California's landmark vehicle emissions standards," Attorney General Brown said.

Last year, the Bush administration had ordered a paltry one mile per gallon increase for light trucks from 22 to 23 miles per gallon by 2010, which Brown challenged in court, asserting that the plan failed to consider the ...

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